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Letters Patent No. 94,782, dated September 14, 1869.

HAY-BAKER AND LOADER The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

To all 'whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ANDREW SHELINE, o'f.Edon,

in the county of Williams, and State of Ohio, have invented a new and improved Hay-Bake and Loader; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact descliption thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference heilig had to the accompanying drawing, forming part 0i' this specitication.

The object .of this invention is to provide a simple and eiiicient hay-raking and loading-apparatus, for attachment to a wagon, so that while being drawn along behind thewagon it will gather up the spread lhay and deliver' it to the said wagon;

The invention comprises certain arrangements of' the parts, as will be hereinafter more fully specified.

Figure l represents a rear elevation of my improved machine, and

Figure 2 represents a longitudinal sectional elevation of the same.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

A represents a frame for supporting the operating parts, connected to the axle B by hinge-joints C.

The said aXle.B serves as the rake-head, the spring wire teeth D being connected to it, and is provided with a bent lever, E, for oscillating it to change theposition of the teeth, when required.v

The said lever engages with a, curved notched bar, F, secured to the frame, for holding it where required.

From the frame A, and incliningforward, rise two elevator-supports, G, for supporting the endless elevator H, designed to take the hay from. the front of the rake and deliver it on to the wagon.

In order to make this elevatorl and its supports as light as possible., I propose to make it considerably narrower than the rake, and this requires the employment of a means for moving the hay gathered each side of the said elevator toward the centre, to he taken up by it.

, For this purpose I provide the laterally-moving elevators I, working over the pulleys K L M, and along the under side of the troughs N ,running toward the centre from each end of the rake, and in advance of the said rake.

For operating these elevators, as also the elevator H, I providea transverse .shaft, O, in suitable bearings, P, rising up from the tifa-me and operated'by belts Q, from pulleys'en thel inner sides of the supporting-wheels R, from which shaft motion is imparted` to the elevator H by a belt, S, and 'to lthe elevators I by the shaft-s V,'driven by suitable gear-wheels and carrying the pulleys K.

To prevent the hay from gathering behind the troughs N, in the spaces between them and the upper parts of the rake-teeth, the guard-wires W, between which the rake-teeth project, are provided.

The frame is vprovided with a tongue, X, for connecting it to the wagon to be1 loaded, and from the tongue is suspended a hinged stand, Y, for supporting it when not attached to the wagon.

Having thus described m-y invention,-

IVhat I claim as new, and desire to secure by Let-` ters Patent, iss l. The rake B D, elevator H, and carriers I, arranged as herein shown and described, for the purpose specified.

2. The arrangement of the rake-head B, formin the axle of the. truck, the frame A, and the operatinglever, E, substantially as specified. V

3. The arrangement of the guards M, rake-iingels D, and troughs N, substantially as specified.

ANDREW SHELINE. XVitnesses ELI SHELINL, DAVID FLEGAL. 

